Regional Digest: TCU's Patterson Named Camp Coach Of Year

Gary Patterson, head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs, has been named the Walter Camp Coach of the Year by a vote of the nation's 125 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors. Patterson, who also won the award in 2009, joins Joe Paterno (Penn State: 1972, 1994 and 2005) and Bob Stoops (Oklahoma: 2000 and 2003) as multiple winners of the award. TCU (11-1) won its first Big 12 championship in just its third season in the conference. TCU was picked seventh in the preseason poll after winning just four games in 2013. TCU will meet Ole Miss (9-3) Dec. 31 in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta. He will be honored Jan. 17. ... Xavier-Middletown offensive tackle/defensive end Tanner Kern, a member of the Connecticut High School Coaches Association all-state offense team, has been selected to play in the National Underclassman Combine All-American Game in Myrtle Beach S.C., Dec. 30.

Junior Squash Championships Scheduled

The U.S. Junior Open Squash Championships are Friday through Tuesday. More than 900 players from 35 countries will be featured in 10 draws, making it the largest individual squash tournament in the world. Play will take place at four venues: Yale University, Trinity College in Hartford, Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford and Wesleyan University in Middletown. The championship rounds are Tuesday at the Brady Squash Center on the campus of Yale.

After each led a USA Basketball national team to a gold medal and a qualifying berth into the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma and Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski were announced as the USA Basketball Co-National Coaches of the Year. ... Trinity College women's rowing coach Wesley Ng was presented with the Joy of Sculling College Coach of the Year award Saturday. ... UConn women's soccer players Gabrielle Charno and Rachel Hill were named Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division I All-Stars. Hill was named to the first team. Charno is on the second team.